If you have a spare crockpot and immersion blender, you have just about everything you need to make your own homemade soap. The simple project takes just an hour and you can customize your bar soap with any essential oils or fragrances if you so desire.

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The One Good Thing by Jillee blog offers a photo tutorial of the process. Besides water, the only ingredients you need are olive oil, coconut oil, and lye (which you can have ordered from a hardware store).

You'll need to take special care when handling the lye; work in a well ventilated area and wear gloves and glasses. (You don't want to reproduce any Fight Club-like scenes.) Also, it's best not to do this with a crockpot or blender that you're going to cook with, but you can find these pretty cheap at thrift stores or online auctions.

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Once you've gathered all your materials, you just need to weigh the ingredients, toss them in the crockpot, and an hour later you have wonderful bars of soap.